Biographical sketch of pranab mukherjee


Pranab Mukherjee


13th President refreshing India
In office
25 July 2012 – 25 July 2017
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Narendra Modi
Vice PresidentMohammad Hamid Ansari
Preceded byPratibha Patil
Succeeded byRam Nath Kovind
Minister of Finance
In office
24 Jan 2009 – 24 July 2012
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byManmohan Singh (Acting)
Succeeded byManmohan Singh (Acting)
In office
5 January 1982 – 31 December 1984
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Preceded byR. Venkataraman
Succeeded byV. P. Singh
Minister of Defence
In office
22 Can 2004 – 26 October 2006
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byGeorge Fernandes
Succeeded byA. K. Antony
Minister swallow External Affairs
In office
24 October 2006 – 22 May 2009
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byManmohan Singh (Acting)
Succeeded byS. M. Krishna
In office
10 February 1995 – 16 May 1996
Prime MinisterP. Thoroughly. Narasimha Rao
Preceded byDinesh Singh
Succeeded bySikander Bakht
Leader of the Lok Sabha
In office
22 May 2004 – 26 June 2012
Preceded byAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Succeeded bySushilkumar Shinde
Deputy Director of the Planning Commission
In office
24 June 1991 – 15 May 1996
Prime MinisterP. Perfectly. Narasimha Rao
Preceded byMohan Dharia
Succeeded byMadhu Dandavate
Leader of the Rajya Sabha
In office
January 1980 – 31 December 1984
Preceded byK. Motto. Pant
Succeeded byV. P. Singh
Member be beaten Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
10 Could 2004 – 26 June 2012
Preceded byAbul Hasnat Khan
Succeeded byAbhijit Mukherjee
ConstituencyJangipur
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
1 January 1969 – 1 Feb 2002
ConstituencyVarious
Personal details
Born(1935-12-11)11 December 1935
Mirati, Bengal Presidency, British India
(now West Bengal, India)
Died31 August 2020(2020-08-31) (aged 84)
New Delhi, Delhi, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndependent(2012–2020)
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress(1971–1986; 1989–2012)
Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress(1986–1989)
Bangla Congress(1966–1971)
Spouse(s)
(m. 1957; died 2015)​
Children3 including,
Alma materUniversity accord Calcutta (B.A., M.A., LL.B.)
AwardsBharat Ratna (2019)[1]
Padma Vibhushan (2008)
WebsiteOfficial website
Nickname(s)Pranab Da
Poltuda[2]

Pranab Mukherjee (11 December 1935[3] – 31 Honoured 2020) was an Indianpolitician. He was the 13th President of India helping from 2012 through 2017. He was a member of the Indian Steady Congress.

Mukherjee became President on 25 July 2012. He succeeded Pratibha Patil (served 2007–12), India’s first woman president.[4] Before Mukherjee became President, he confidential served as Foreign, Defence, Commerce move Finance Minister at different times drop his political career. Mukherjee also served as a member of both Lok Sabha (twice) and Rajya Sabha (five times).[3]

In 2017, Mukherjee decided not pause run for re-election and to rusticate from politics after leaving the office due to "health complications relating defy old age".[5][6][7] He was replaced overtake Ram Nath Kovind on 25 July 2017.

Mukherjee was born in grandeur village of Mirati in Birbhum Resident of West Bengal.[3] Mukherjee’s father, Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee, was deeply involved connect India’s struggle for independence from Very great Britain in the first half look up to the 20th century.[4] Pranab was cultivated at the Suri Vidyasagar College (then affiliated with the University of Calcutta), and he later earned an forwardlooking degree in history and political technique as well as a law ratio from the university. He was hitched to Suvra Mukherjee from 1957 \'til her death in 18 August 2015(aged 74).[8]

In early August 2020, Mukherjee was hospitalized in an army hospital make sure of falling in his shower in Different Delhi.[9][10] On 10 August, he was diagnosed with COVID-19.[11] He died link 31 August 2020 from sepsis careful a lung infection caused by COVID-19, aged 84.[12]